BS. Immediately after Manmohan Adhikari became Prime Minister in the mid-term elections of 29 Kartik 2051, the argument began to be made that the government belonged to the UML and the House belonged to the opposition. Based on this argument, polarization began between the left and non-left.

In accordance with the policy of isolating the UML in the election of the Speaker on 2051 Paush 2, the non-left parties united. The Congress nominated Ram Chandra Poudel and the UML nominated Chandra Prasad (CP) Mainali for the Speaker position. Independent MP Sharad Singh Bhandari, Binod Kumar Shah of the Nepali Congress Party, and Hridayesh Tripathi of the Sadbhavana Party also filed their candidacies for the Speaker position.

After the unification of the non-left parties, it was decided to support the Congress candidate Ram Chandra Poudel for the Speaker position. Shah of the Nepali Congress Party withdrew his candidacy. His party, the Nepali Congress Party, President Narayan Man Bijukchhe, announced his support for the UML candidate CP. Bhandari and Tripathi withdrew their candidacies in support of the Congress's Poudel.

Paudel's supporter was Bal Bahadur KC and the proposer was Vijay Kumar Gachhadar, while the proposer of UML's CP was Bamdev Gautam and the supporter was Devi Prasad Ojha. Gautam was the UML Deputy General Secretary at that time. Rastriya Prajatantra Party's Pashupati Shumsher Rana, Sadbhavana's Gajendra Narayan Singh and independent MP Bhandari had expressed their support for Paudel. In the mid-term, RPP had won 20 seats. Sadbhavana's 3 and independent MPs also supported Paudel.

CP had the support of 2 people including UML and Masal, 4 from NEMKIPA and one independent. At first glance, it seemed that the left and non-left factions were separated. The Congress and RPP parliamentary parties had issued whips to vote in favor of Paudel. The Speaker was elected in parliament by the method of 'yes' and 'no'. Arjun Narsingh KC was the last MP to cast a voice vote in the parliament according to the caste system, while Trilochan Sharma Dhakal of UML was the last MP. Senior MP Bal Bahadur Rai, who was presiding over the parliament, announced that Poudel had been elected as the Speaker after getting 107 votes. Out of 205 members of parliament, 201 voted. Thus, Poudel was elected as the Speaker with the support of the majority of members.

51-year-old Poudel was arrested 13 times from 2017 to 2046 during the democratic movement and spent 14 years in prison. He was the Minister of Local Development and Agriculture in the government formed under the leadership of Girija Prasad Koirala in 2048. He was arrested while active in Chitwan-Bharatpur during the armed movement launched by the Nepali Congress in 2018. Poudel, who reached the central committee of the Nepali Congress through student politics, won the election for the second time from Tanahun. He defeated his closest rival by the largest margin in the mid-term elections. He has also written a book called 'Democratic Socialism: A Study'. He was also presented as a socialist thinker. Poudel is the third Speaker in the history of Nepal's parliamentary system. Earlier, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was elected Speaker in 2015 and Damannath Dhungana in 2048.